(01/20/2016)

Sentry Podling Maturity Assessment

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Maintaining such a file is a new, experimental idea as part of the continuous improvement of the ASF incubation process. Sentry is one of the first podlings where that happens.

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Status of this document

All open items resolved, ready for PPMC approval voting.

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All the below items are marked OK, Sentry looks ready to graduate with some caveats discussed below, discussions are ongoing on the project’s dev list as I write this (November 2015).

Maturity model assessment

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The copyright ownership of everything that the project produces is clearly defined and documented.

OK: Yes, all committers (34) have ICLAs on file. How do we check?: http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#sentry

Releases

RE10

Releases consist of source code, distributed using standard and open archive formats that are expected to stay readable in the long term.

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OK: Yes, community welcomes contributions . Do we need to add any data points?from every one.

CO30

Contributions include not only source code, but also documentation, constructive bug reports, constructive discussions, marketing and generally anything that adds value to the project.

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OK: Sentry project has elected a few committers during incubation. 8 to be precise.

CO50

The way in which contributors can be granted more rights such as commit access or decision power is clearly documented and is the same for all contributors.

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OK: http://sentry.incubator.apache.org/community/people.html#ppmc . Community agreed to make all elected committers PPMCs at the time of graduation: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-sentry-dev/201512.mbox/%3CCAGQc2gEWWhWwXkH43UKHuhD5zsLx4KCbv0MTFdURwOmjO-43Nw%40mail.gmail.com%3E

CS20

Decisions are made by consensus among PMC members and are documented on the project's main communications channel. Community opinions are taken into account but the PMC has the final word if needed.

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OK: We have contributors from diverse organizations.Need to formally add PPMC?

IN20

Contributors act as themselves as opposed to representatives of a corporation or organization.

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